Casting has been announced for Théâtre du Châtelet's upcoming production of Cole Porter's classic musical Kiss Me, Kate, which will be presented Feb. 3-11.

This production will be directed by Châtelet regular Lee Blakeley, with sets by Charles Edwards, costumes by Brigitte Reiffenstuel and choreography by Nick Winston. David Charles Abell will conduct the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris. The score will be performed in a version edited and revised by Abell with Seann Alderking, and will feature rare material that hasn't been heard for more than 50 years.

Kiss Me, Kate was last seen in Paris in 1993, in a French-language production adapted and directed by Alain Marcel at Théâtre Mogador, where it ran for 30 performances.

With a book by Sam and Bella Spewack, Kiss Me, Kate tells of the complicated relationship between star Fred Graham and leading lady and ex-wife Lilli Vanessi while touring in a musical version of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. A secondary story involves gambler Bill Calhoun and Lois Lane.

Songs from the score include "Another Openin', Another Show," "Why Can't You Behave?," "So in Love," "I Hate Men," "Too Darn Hot," "Always True to You in My Fashion" and "Brush Up Your Shakespeare." For more information visit chatelet-theatre.com.

Stéphane Ly-Cuong is a Paris-based freelance writer and director. He can be reached by email at stephane.lycuong@gmail.com.